Ahiliyah "Liyah" Cooper was formerly a senior runner, and later, General of Lemeth Hold on Ataegina during the 26th century.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Ahiliyah "Liyah" Cooper was born in the Lemeth Hold approximately forty years after the Rising to Vance Cooper and her unnamed mother. For the next sixteen years she spent her life inside the Hold, hiding from the Demons outside.
When she was six years old, her mother died running the Dakatera-Keflan run, four years later, her father died during a raid on Biseth, leaving young Liyah orphaned.
Ahiliyah made her first run at dawn on her sixteenth birthday, and for three years, Ahiliya did her duty for Lemeth hold.
Personality and traits[]
Ahiliyah Cooper was a cunning individual and fiercely loyal to her friends and hold. She profoundly cared about her people, to the point that she traded candy for the kids and the elderly. She was also the only friend to former general Bishor, who was horribly scarred in a previous battle with the aliens and was feared by most of the people in the hold.
Equipment[]
As a runner, Ahiliyah's primary equipment was a ghillie suit dubbed the "hidey suit", composed of a twine mesh covered in recently picked up and interwined caminus bush leaves for camouflage. The suit also featured a waterproof travel bag and a small dagger called the "little friend" which, if captured by the xenomorphs, would be used as a method of suicide. In addition, Ahiliyah used a standard runner spear, shorter than those used by warriors, with additional bladetips.
During the Xenomorph assault on Lemeth Hold, she used a circular bronze shield and a warrior spear. Later on, she added a specially fashioned chest plate covered in caminus leaves to counteract acid blood, which was useful during the final assault on the Hive at Black Smoke Mountain. As trophies, she sported three "tooth tongues" fashioned into a necklace with a length of twine.
Twenty years after the human victory over the xenomorphs on Ataegina, Liyah used full warrior armor made from hard-iron, and was proficient in the use of the bow. This was noted by the Yautja female Yeh'kull, who gave her a new, composite Yautja Bow for use in battle against the resurgent xenomorphs.